Extension of WiFi connection delay before restart WiFi.begin()

[sirjeannot]

The examples are most likely not going to work if the WiFi AP experiences the slightest delay for association. Quickfix : longer delay in the loop

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[aentinger]

That's a bit simple, as the delay occurs in a while loop. In which combination of board/IDE/CLI/platform does this become a problem?

[sirjeannot]

the condition check restarts the wifi association from the start. usually the while loop is only on the association status variable, or using the status() function. I did submit the smallest possible change for it to work.

WiFi.begin(ssid, password);
while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
  delay(500);
  Serial.print(".");
}

[aentinger]

And this affects which board/platform/etc.?

[sirjeannot]

tested on esp8266. I don't have any esp32 spares currently.

[aentinger]

You see, the thing is, it seems that this problem is contained to ESP8266 and then again to your specific set-up. I don't believe it is warranted to increase the wait time by a factor of three for everyone just to satisfy your specific WiFi situation. Sorry, but for now I recommend to you that you'll just edit your own sketches but we'll leave this library as is.